SM UB-155
 UB-148 at sea, a u-boat similar to UB-155. | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UB-155 |
| Ordered: | 27 June 1917[1] |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Hamburg[2] |
| Cost: | 4,301,000 German Papiermark[2] |
| Yard number: | 120[2] |
| Launched: | 26 October 1918[3] |
| Completed: | 26 February 1919[3] |
| Fate: | Surrendered 9 March 1919, broken up.[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | German Type UB III submarine |
| Type: | Coastal submarine |
| Displacement: |
539 t (530 long tons; 594 short tons) surfaced 656 t (646 long tons; 723 short tons) submerged[2] |
| Length: | 55.52 m (182.2 ft) o/a[2] |
| Beam: | 5.8 m (19 ft)[2] |
| Draught: | 3.85 m (12.6 ft)[2] |
| Propulsion: |
2 shafts 6-cylinder MAN-Vulcan diesel engines,[4] 1,060 ihp (790 kW) Siemens-Schuckert[4] electric motors, 788 ihp (588 kW)[2] |
| Speed: |
13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) surfaced 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) submerged[2] |
| Range: |
7,120 nmi (13,190 km; 8,190 mi) at 6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged[2] |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[4] |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 31 men[4] |
| Armament: |
• 5 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) with 10 torpedoes • 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun[4] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
German Imperial Navy[2] |
| Commanders: |
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SM UB-155'[nb 1] was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat built for the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was never commissioned into the German Imperial Navy but surrendered to France on 9 March 1919 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany and broken up at Brest in July 1921.[3]
Construction
She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg[2] and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 26 October 1918. UB-155 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun. UB-155 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,120 nautical miles (13,190 km).[2] UB-155 had a displacement of 539 t (530 long tons; 594 short tons) while surfaced and 656 t (646 long tons; 723 short tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) when surfaced and 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) when submerged.[2]
Notes
- Footnotes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
- Citations
References
- Gröner, Erich (1985). "U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher". Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 III (Koblenz: Bernhard&Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
- Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal. Hamburg: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3-8132-0713-7.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1979). "U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkrieges, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935 - 1945". Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften I (Munich: Bernhard&Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.